Reading this thread makes me realize how [MENTION=16942]BBZ8800[/MENTION] has taken almost too many Ls
When I read this thread, majority of those Ls are Germany 2018 and Euro 2021.
Which is basically all NT football.
I have basically just copied my ideas/theories from a club football into NT teams.
For example: Bayern is good on a CL level => Germany could do the same on a WC.
Liverpool/Chelsea/Bayern were the best in a CL 2021 => my NT favorites were Germany, France who play that type of football.
Barca and Spanish football are on a decline in club football => I copied the same onto Spain.
For starters, I'll stop with NT predictions.
But also, it seems that NT football is different than CL KO matches.
Apparently, tiredness is a huge factor. Bigger teams who might have played awesome in a CL that season might be a complete shit on an NT level 30 days later because their teams are physically and mentally exhausted after playing 50-60 matches in a season.
On the other hand, teams filled with players who played less in that season might get a few extra points of stamina in key moments against those players who won a CL in that season.
Also, a huge factor in NT matches is how many players play for the same club because chemistry in general is horrible on NT level, so teams with 5-6-10 players from the same club (Spain) might have a huge advantage over let's say England (where players play in 6-7 different clubs) or France (where all players more or less play in different teams).
I WAS horribly wrong on Euros 2021.
But imo, NT football is waaaaaay more random than CL football or League football, where the league football is the least random.
Instead of an NT football, I'll stick to theories:
1. which youngster will fail and which flaw will be his deadly flaw
2. Pep's City not winning a CL again